MikeE21286
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Best Buy has a $40 500GB on sale Black Friday
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Wii U: a 2 TB HDD is a waste.
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DeaconKnowledge
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Not for me.
friskykillface
Banned
I think i have a 500 gb or 250 gb or i forget lol, but i got like 3 hard drives that i bought over the years, i'll use the one i had homebrewed for my wii u , the end of that one 
100 TB for me next next generation B^)
100 TB for me next next generation B^)
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Well.
At least it won't be listed in terms of "available blocks".
At least it won't be listed in terms of "available blocks".
Ooh, I think that would do me fine. The deal will be online too, yes?
Was thinking the same thing, I suppose the system format manager can see multiple partitions.
UltraMagnanimous
Member
i'm going to go crazy and buy the HD 'only when I need it'.
32GB will be plenty for the foreseeable future.
32GB will be plenty for the foreseeable future.
It can be affordable when ya don't buy anything at all
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah they are.
And again, that didn't stop PS3 to get them later on its life too.
With that said I'm not expecting anything much outside of that for media services.
external HDDs are cheap.
That ain't bad at all. Not that I'm gonna run out on Black Friday though, screw that haha. I've been poking around locally and online for deals and haven't found anything great. Maybe Cyber Monday if that's still a thing will turn up something good.
I really don't plan on downloading retail games anyway. E-shop I'll be active on if there's content. Same with VC. But I'll wait till there's reason to expand before doing so.
Conrad Link
Member
Has anyone read or commented on how noisy the system is? My Xbox 360 was basically unbearable before they added the ability to install games completely...... if they hadn't done that I doubt I would have played even 1/10th the amount of it I have done since.
I plan to be all retail as usual but thats one advantage of downloadable games I guess, quiet disc drive!
I plan to be all retail as usual but thats one advantage of downloadable games I guess, quiet disc drive!
MikeE21286
Member
I think only in store.
http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/de...ref=39&CJPID=2187655&loc=01&pid=1218456773205
Comandr
Member
Isn't the disc drive supposed to be extremely fast? Some 22mb/s I thought I read somewhere. So that being said, read speeds from the disc might actually be just as fast or faster than USB (at optimum speeds)
Not that has been discussed.
Useless unless you buy an enclosure for it, and that may largely negate the savings over a $90 drive. And be bulkier.
MikeE21286
Member
That's not an external hard drive.
Dead Prince
Banned
i'd just check amazon.com tbh.
Noise and wear and tear are reasons for installation beyond loading/speed.
Guess it isn't necessary but it would be a nice feature.
It's only a little over twice the sale price to get it at 1 TB. That little extra over could be seen as the "avoid black friday crowds" fee.
MikeE21286
Member
Crowds normally clear out from best buy by 12pm. At least in my experience as a worker and a shopper.
I don't plan on buying many games digitally, but I'm holding out for another Wii-esque endgame, where I can backup and play all of my games from a hard drive, and not worry so much about my kids ruining them. I'll get a decent sized HDD for that possible future alone.
I own about 40 games for Wii, and most of them are great games that I'm glad to own. I expect Wii U to end up around the same point, because of it being in it's own technology group again. Of course most of those probably won't be 25gb.
I've got a 320gb hdd I'll use for now. 1tb will probably end up being enough, but in 5 years the price of 2tb may well be low enough to warrant a purchase just for the hell of it.
I own about 40 games for Wii, and most of them are great games that I'm glad to own. I expect Wii U to end up around the same point, because of it being in it's own technology group again. Of course most of those probably won't be 25gb.
I've got a 320gb hdd I'll use for now. 1tb will probably end up being enough, but in 5 years the price of 2tb may well be low enough to warrant a purchase just for the hell of it.
Dead Prince
Banned
and most come for the tv and laptops.
soulassssns
Banned
No it wont! An external HD is cheap these days.
I was thinking that too...
I'll just see how it goes, if I miss a deal / there's nothing good online then I'll just fork over a bit of extra cash for one, I guess
Maybe I'll just call my Best Buy midday Friday and check to see if they have any left then. Thanks for the help! Just hope I get a HDD after all of this
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Don't need to buy anything.
What the hell do I need to buy a HDD for? Games? They already come on a disc!
Wii U can hold all the VC and Wiiware games I own, and let's face it, I already have a ton of Wii accessories from last gen.
In fact, the Wii U is saving me 150 dollars (the cost to repair my Wii with Nintendo: the disc drive crapped out years ago).
Judging by some of the posts in this thread, there are a few people who honestly think they will fill more than 1TB. Which is insanity.
Comandr
Member
True enough. I wonder how loud the drive is? A lot of little tidbits of information haven't really been talked about.
MikeE21286
Member
Yeah. Stuff like external HDDs normally stay around in stock.
WrenchNinja
Member
No one is stopping you from buying the biggest hdd around and using it to store the potential array of video files that Nintendo will potentially support with their potential video player.
I just kind of doubt that theyll ever get in that space when theyve shown no intention for their consumers to consume media in that way on their devices.
Indicators are almost always that a part of the drive has already failed, meaning it's not about to die, you've already started to lose data. Even then a huge percentages of failures are catastrophic. The idea that you will know or predict with any accuracy when it happens is almost naive. If it's sensitive it needs to be in multiple places at all times.
The promotion only seems really worth it if you will be going digital for all retail games (a free NES game with every retail game purchase, basically), and since I won't be doing that the entire promotion seems pretty worthless from my perspective. I just want a lot of storage that will last me a good 5-6 years. Hopefully 500GB will be more than enough
Enclosures are cheap
DOn't forget game demos
soxinthebox
Member
Holding out for Nintendo branded hard drives with rounded edge platters
Elfforkusu
Member
Won't be inter-operable with PCs?
Maybe with your PC.
Maybe with your PC.
Comandr
Member
I agree with you on that. I just don't think buying a HDD for use with the Wii U should skew people's perspectives to believe that you can ONLY use that HDD for the Wii U for the rest of your life. Some day down the line, when the Super Wii U Next comes out, its just as likely that the HDD that you have all those games on will be compatible with the new system, much like your current SD card works for the Wii emulator. Or you could get sick of Nintendo and format your 2TB HDD in a screaming fit of fury, renouncing consoles forever and then immediately fill up your shiny new-old drive with Steam sales and GoG.
/shrug
A decent 2tb drive isn't a lot more than a 1tb. I look at it as an investment that I can repurpose one day should I choose to.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Seriously. Enclosures are super cheap and are a good way of converting old laptop hdds to usable externals.
Retail games drop in price pretty fast though
soxinthebox
Member
And can be resold to further subsidize the cost
Like the hat?
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I plan to pick up like a cheap 320gb drive